host: seth hanlon, a quick chance to respond. guest: it is important to clarify some points about the so-called 47% as made famous by governor romney, who supposedly do not pay taxes. that is true if you look at a snapshot of just one year. in the recent year, and employment being very high, it is about 47%. those people pay all kinds of other taxes, including payroll taxes. they pay on average a higher percentage of their income in state and local taxes. because it is looking at a one- year snapshot, that is a lot of people who are in school and not working, people who have paid income taxes their whole life or now retired, military members on active duty, and disabled and other groups. the number is high at 47%. at normal employment rates, it is much lower than that. guest: unemployment has exacerbated this problem. the pay credit was affected in 2009, 2010. you can see the trend, this huge jump up in 2009. a bigger part of that is policy. we have had a success of -- it was bipartisan over the years. clinton, bush all added to